AIG – SWOT Framework Analysis

June 2011 | 45 pages | ID: AFC0E1313B5EN
Aruvian's R'search

Abstracts

Going through a liquidity crisis in September 2008, and yet emerging strong from the crisis, the American International Group (AIG) is one of the top insurance companies in the United States. With a presence across the major countries of the world, AIG is the biggest underwriter of industrial and commercial insurance. With the acquiring with American General Life Insurance in 2001, AIG further strengthened its stronghold across the states of the US.

The company’s latest financials include:

• Revenues of $96,004 million in FY2009
• Operating loss was $13,648 million in FY2009
• Net loss was $12,313 million in FY2009

A SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate:

• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Opportunities
• Threats

involved in a project or in a business venture. It involves identifying the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieving that objective.

In an industry scenario where factors like globalization, deregulation, climate change, and a worldwide economic recession, there have been many changes in the global insurance industry. For example, perhaps the most profound change has taken place in the life insurance industry in terms of the products it sells. Many life insurance companies have, in fact, shifted focus to annuity products. While AIG remains a leading property/casualty company, it is a fact that it now has to battle more competition – in an expanded insurance marketplace thanks to the Internet.

Aruvian’s R’search analyzes the company American International Group in the SWOT Framework Analysis in this industry scenario. The report includes the following:

• Business segment analysis of AIG
• Major products & services of AIG
• Profile of the industry AIG operates in
• Profile of its major competitors – Allianz AG, CIGNA Corporation, and MetLife, Inc
• SWOT Analysis of AIG
• Future Perspective of AIG

Aruvian’s R’search’s report AIG – SWOT Framework Analysis has a broad ranging content suitable for industry experts as well as logically initiating the industry beginners.

Contents

A. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

B. PROFILE OF AIG

B.1 Industry Profile
B.2 Corporate Profile
B.3 Business Segment Analysis
B.4 Major Products & Services
B.5 Future Perspective: AIG

C. COMPETITOR PROFILES

C.1 Allianz AG
C.1.1 Corporate Profile
C.1.2 Business Segment Analysis
C.2 CIGNA Corporation
C.2.1 Corporate Profile
C.2.2 Business Segment Analysis
C.3 MetLife, Inc
C.3.1 Corporate Profile
C.3.2 Business Segment Analysis

D. SWOT FRAMEWORK ANALYSIS

D.1 Strengths to Build Upon
D.2 Weaknesses to Overcome
D.3 Opportunities to Exploit
D.4 Threats to Overcome

E. GLOSSARY OF TERMS